"Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most..." - Quote by Bruce Lee
Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.
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“Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.”
“You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter.”
“Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.”
More on Self Sufficiency
“I think that if all kids aspire to reach a point where they could feed themselves and a few of their friends, this would be good for the world surely.”
“You already have the precious mixture that will make you well. Use it.”
“I wouldn't go that far. But I know my way around the kitchen. I make dinner every night.”
More on Individuality
“Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.”
“Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or reject; and on his word, or as his second, be he who he may, I can accept nothing.”
“You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”